to the extent europe is not being helped is not helping the united states. folks if you're thoroughly confused it means you're paying attention. >> no european official has talked about wanting a stronger euro for years. they all want the weaker euro. >> why they keep talking about lower rates, you keep holding steady with rates. >> becky you are as usual a genius in that regard. the thinking that i've heard is that ultimately the ecb goes to parity with the fed at zero or zero to a quart per. >> what are they waiting for? >> that's a good question. what are they waiting for? the idea being if you have a single mandate you are less free to move your currency when you're doing that. the latest number was 2.6% inflation in the eurozone, so given that mandate constraint, they can't do it. the fed can look at 8%, 9%, 10% unemployment and say with a forecast of lower inflation down the road, i can move now to zero. >> it seems to me central banks make uhm the rules as they go aening lo, when they'll do all of the extraordinary things to say yes this is in our man